THE MINISTERIAL TOUR.
SOCIAL EVENING AT ELTHAM. [Per Press Association.] Eltham, April 2. The Hon. W. I l '. Ma ssey (Prime Minister) and the Hon. W. Eraser (Minister of Public Works), on a visit to Eltham and district, arrived by the mail train last evening, and later received deputations. Subsequently the Minister received a hearty public reception at a social and dance. Mr Massey, in his address, referred to the prosperity of Taranaki in particular and of New Zealand as a whole. Ho said he had been in office for nine months, but was handicapped by lack of money. He hoped, however, to do much better in the future, particularly in regard to the vital question of land settlement. Mr Massey stated that 900,000 acres would be opened up in Taranaki shortly,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 72, 2 April 1913, Page 5
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132THE MINISTERIAL TOUR. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 72, 2 April 1913, Page 5
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